ELIZABETH II: (1926-2022) Queen of the United Kingdom 1952-2022. Signed Christmas greetings card by Queen Elizabeth II, the stiff grey 4to folding card featuring a colour image to the inside of the Queen seated outdoors in a relaxed half-length pose accompanied by her husband, Prince Philip, and their four children. Signed (´ Lilibet´) with the scarcer form of her signature, reserved for close family and friends, in blue fountain pen ink beneath a printed Christmas and New Year greeting. Also featuring the autopen signature of Prince Philip and date 1972. With the gold printed cyphers of both the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh to the front cover. VG

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